Alzheimer’s – Infectious Or Infection?
Back in the good old days, most deaths were due to infectious diseases. Today, thanks to modern technology,life expectancy has increased and the pattern of deaths has changed. According to the CDC,...
View ArticleIs A Harmful Chemical Lurking In Mustard?
SummaryBased on a recent and fascinating scientific report from Switzerland, you might start to hear demands to eliminate mild mustard from our diet. The Swiss Federal Food Safety and VeterinaryOffice...
View ArticleThe Status Of HEP After ICHEP
So, by now we all know it - there is no 750 GeV resonance in LHC data. But will we ever learn the lesson ?The factsLet me start this post by recalling the bare facts, and a quick-and-dirty introduction...
View ArticleHow To Become A Charlatan In 9 Easy Steps
In these austere and difficult times, it must be my duty, I think, to alert my fellow citizens to a possible source of additional income which almost anyone can plug into: become a charlatan, and...
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Edward Frenkel vs Ray Kurzweil and Jeff Hawkins on AI
Edward Frenkel slams strong AI, evildoer Ray Kurzweil, and brain uploads in his YouTube “Outline on I am or AI am?” Putting aside speculative notions of holography and the digital universe until...
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Of Badgers, Cattle, And Bovine TB
In recent years in Britain, we have heard much about bovine tuberculosis, which affects a wide variety of mammalian species, including mustelids, including the European badgerMeles meles. There has...
View ArticleBPA Is Everywhere, Except Where It’s Not
With the high level of attention to bisphenol A (BPA) over the years, it’s easy to get the impression that BPA is everywhere and we’re constantly being exposed to high and harmful levels in our daily...
View ArticleAre Naturopaths Fooling Themselves?
I recently had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Brian Goldman of CBC’s White Coat Black Art to explore the growing presence of naturopathy in Canada. In an effort to provide balance to the criticism...
View ArticleKIC 8462852 models that fit Kepler observations quite well
KIC 8462852 (or Tabby's star) made headlines in October of last year because of very deep and very unusual drops in its brightness, which led to speculation that the star might be home to a Type-2...
View ArticleTSCA Reform Casualties Likely Start with Asbestos
With the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform passed into law, environmental activists are developing lists of chemicals they want banned in short order. Asbestos are near the top of the list, as...
View ArticleFeedback on the Forest Garden
My last post dealt with the permaculture edible forest garden, and it received some commentary on a couple of Facebook groups and permaculture forums. A lot of the responses were, predictably, from...
View ArticleMarch Against Monsanto Claims Vaccines Cause Cancer
In 2012's "Science Left Behind" I noted something that was perfectly obvious to anyone who was not in a progressive ideological bunker - that while both the American left and right were each...
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How To Become A Researcher
The INFN exam for nuclear and subnuclear physicists, to select 58 new researchers, took place on September 19th (first test) and 20th (second test) in Rome. Two different locations for the two tests...
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Michael Pollan Doesn't Just Hate Agriculture, He Hates All Scientists
Michael Pollan, food activist and journalist, is the proverbial man trapped in the past in his latest piece for the New York Times, criticizing the Obama administration for not catering to his bizarre...
View ArticleBPA-Free, With Regrets
Not that many years ago, many reusable food and beverage containers on the market worldwide were made from polycarbonate plastic. Polycarbonate, which is made from bisphenol A (BPA), is an almost...
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EPA Again Delays Report On Safety Of Glyphosate
The Environmental Protection Agency appears to be punting a final decision on the safety of a controversial weedkiller into the next administration. Since 2009, the agency has been conducting a...
View ArticleIs Dark Matter A Very Light Boson ? Witten Says It Might
The mystery of what clumps galaxy clusters together, and provides for a quarter of the matter-energy budget of the universe, really looks like _the_ most important scientific question we face today....
View ArticleThe Social Psychology Of Over-Controlled Disasters 1/3
The recent appearance of Hurricane Matthew prompted some harsh memories of hurricanes past. I went through Hurricane Andrew. I was living in Ft. Lauderdale with my youngest daughter, Lydia, and I will...
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